This invention relates to a method for deep removal of
heavy metals in a wet-process
phosphoric acid process, comprising the following steps: (1) using a straight-chain or branched
alcohol as a
raw material, reacting it with
phosphorus pentasulfide to obtain dialkyl dithiophosphate, and then reacting it with
metal oxides, hydroxides or salts to synthesize dialkyl dithiophosphate (DDP); (2) reacting the DDP with one or more of the following:
phosphoric acid slurry containing
heavy metals, dilute
phosphoric acid, concentrated phosphoric acid, and residual acid from phosphoric acid purification, to generate a heavy
metal complex precipitate. After the reaction is complete, the purified phosphoric acid is separated to achieve the removal of
heavy metals. This method has low
raw material costs, and the
cadmium content after heavy
metal removal of phosphoric acid is ≤2ppm with a removal rate ≥96%; the
copper content is ≤0.5ppm with a removal rate ≥99.5%; the
arsenic content is ≤5ppm with a removal rate ≥70%;
phosphorus loss is ≤0.5%; no
reducing agent is required, thus avoiding
hydrogen generation; it has little
impact on the decrease in phosphoric
acid concentration; and no H2S is generated. It is suitable for the removal of heavy metals from wet-process phosphoric acid
slurry, dilute phosphoric acid, concentrated phosphoric acid, and other systems, and can be directly integrated into existing production lines.